• Finding cheap Office

    Posted on February 19, 2025 at 03:00 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    Not a day goes by that I don’t see one of these offers.  Get Office for cheap.  No subscription. Folks, I know this is really hard to hear — but there is no cheap Office.  Anything you get that touts itself as cheap, or below the normal retail price tag of Office, is a scam. Typically, these types of offers are tied to volume license keys or Microsoft 365 Education keys.

    The same goes for Adobe products on the cheap or without a subscription, such as a listing for “Adobe 2020” on eBay. Trust me on this one — don’t get it. It will fight you on Windows 11 tooth and nail and will not want to be your default PDF editor.  Yes, I know it’s expensive to get the real thing.

    Bottom line: if you are in business and need the Microsoft tools, there is no cheap way to get them.  Any cheap offering is a rip off and a scam.  Don’t fall for it.

    I also don’t suggest Windows 10 (or 11) LTSC — it’s not available to the masses. It’s a specialized operating system offered in the volume licensing channel. If you see it on eBay, it’s not a legit license. Beware.

    And to vendors out there? We don’t like subscriptions.  We get that you like the reliability of recurring revenue, but your customers do not feel the value in your “capex versus opex” argument.  We don’t want Outlook (new) unless you make it comparable to Outlook (classic). We don’t want Copilot getting in the way of our letter writing.  When we want AI, we will use it. So if we’re going to have to put up with these subscriptions, how about you pay attention to what we want?

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